The big family of the small screen finds itself in Los Angeles. As always in the United States, there will be rhinestones and stars, emotions, applause, show. From the tidal wave Squid Game to the juggernaut Successionpassing through the small phenomenon dopesick, there will be a lot of people on the Emmy Awards stage, starting at 2 a.m. Tuesday. From there to get up in the middle of the night to watch the Oscars of the series? We have four arguments to convince you.
The return of the red carpet and decorum
After a largely virtual event in 2020, then an outdoor ceremony last year, Covid-19 requires, the Emmys find the comfort of a theater in Los Angeles, and all the decorum that goes with it. Including, the red carpet of course, and its parade of stars. This is comedian Kenan Thompson, one of the show’s regular speakers. Saturday Night Livewho will present the ceremony this year.
Little Hulu will become big
HBO and Netflix platforms tend to dominate Emmy Award nominations but this year, the small Hulu, owned by the giant Disney, could shine. Hulu, which broadcasts only in the United States, is at the origin of original creations such as The Handmaid’s Talewinner in 2017, and continues to expand its production.
She aligns this year dopesick, favorite in the mini-series category, in which Michael Keaton plays a doctor involved in the opiate crisis that is ravaging the United States. In the same category, Hulu also produces The Dropoutfeaturing Amanda Seyfried in the role of a fallen star of biotechnology, or even Pam and Tommywhich traces the theft of starlet Pamela Anderson’s sex tape to the 1990s.
Rewarded in front of and behind the camera?
Some celebrities will walk down the red carpet performing multiple acts on Monday, often for prizes for their roles both in front of and behind the camera. Bill Hader is thus competing for the prize for best actor in a comedy, for his role in barrywhere he plays a hitman who dreams of being a Hollywood star, and is also nominated for directing, writing and producing this series.
Seth Rogen is nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the Miniseries Pam and Tommy and also competes for his role as a producer. In women, Julia Garner (ozark and Inventing Anna) and Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria and The White Lotus) are among the actresses nominated for roles in different series. Julia Garner also seems to be tipped to be voted best supporting role.
“Squid Game” in the story?
Last but not least, especially if you’ve spent hours fearing for the lives of your heroes. Nominated in 14 categories, Squid Game is especially in the running for the award for best drama series. Success would make it the first non-English language production to win the award. Hollywood had broken through “the subtitle barrier” in 2020, when the South Korean drama Parasite surprised by winning the Best Picture Oscar.
Squid Game has become in one year a planetary phenomenon. A fierce critic of capitalism, where 456 wretches and rejects of society compete to the death to win millions in children’s games like “one, two, three, sun”, the series is the most watched on the Netflix platform. She will have to defeat the HBO juggernaut, Succession, and clings to that at the slightest favorable sign. Like the award for best appearance in a series awarded to Lee Yoo-mi, one of the cast members, during the Creative Emmys, which awards prizes in minor categories before the ceremony.